Endless Events

AUGUST 15, 2018

As you know, conferences are the bread and butter of event planners. You plan so many conferences of a similar nature each year that it can be easy to get stale. But, just because conferences have a heavy business-focus, doesn’t mean they need to be (or should be) lifeless! Using projection for conference staging.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2018

This is a preliminary step that you can continue to refine along the way as you speak with vendors and get a more accurate telling of your budget. Reach Out to Vendors. You can take it one step further by getting budget details directly from the vendors’ website or by calling them. Time to Get Real: Estimating The Costs.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 20, 2024

Scott Frankel Attendees to Smart Meetings’ Culinary Experience, hosted at Paris Las Vegas, were treated to a free learning session led by Scott Frankel, president of Animatic Media LLC & Conference-On-Demand + LIVE. Whichever direction you head in, both require a thorough needs assessment that goes beyond venue specs.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

For example, instead of shipping freebies to the conference and then back to HQ, simplify the whole affair: ship event goodies to your attendees’ front door. Check with your venue to ensure enough water refill stations for everyone’s needs. Attendees don’t want to carry a stack of paper during a conference. Tools like Postal.ai

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2019

Date, venue and rates are critical and typically given priority in the earliest stages of the meeting planning cycle. Many hotel contracts mandate use of an in-house AV provider and contain clauses prohibiting use of other vendors or charge for the privilege of using the planner’s preferred vendor. Timing is Everything.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Well, nowadays, 2018, we’re seeing a really extremely common trend, and I was just at a conference literally this last weekend and people were asking me this exact same question that hotels are now saying if you don’t use our hotel AV, now there will be $30,000 for hotel WIFI. Test the WIFI Before the Conference.

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Social Tables

JUNE 17, 2024

What makes a conference venue “unique?” Unique conference venues are not your traditional meeting spaces; they stand out. Style and design Venues that look unique are easy to pick out of a lineup. Does your venue feature impressive architecture, intricate interior design, or creative landscaping?

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Endless Events

APRIL 12, 2019

Your AV company should be one of the first vendors you hire. In fact, you should ideally hire your AV company before you even sign your venue contract. If you hire them before the venue they can be your advocate in finding the best location for your event. They will also help negotiate out any unnecessary venue fees.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 12, 2018

A live stream focused on giving people the same experience remotely as they would have at a professional event is going to be much different from a live stream that simply acts as a way to spread the brand’s message by showing potential customers what’s happening during a specific conference session. Venue internet service.

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Endless Events

JULY 26, 2019

There are WAY too many variables to cover and every venue is going to be different. Often though, we don’t give the same attention to your vendors, exhibitors and event staff, but it’s critical to keep them in mind. However, with some planning and a great WiFi vendor, this is easily preventable. . Was it fast enough?

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

If you’re planning a conference, it’s very likely you’ll need to contract and negotiate a hotel room block for your attendees. Even though you can plan an event without a site visit , seeing your venue is a great opportunity to gauge how much time you need to set your event space up. Housing & Room Blocks.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

But with news of the Omicron variant changing day-to-day, conference organizers and sponsors are using the skills they’ve acquired in Covid times: flexibility and leveraging virtual options to replace some face-to-face experiences. This is a tech conference, after all—participants know how to manage virtual events. Health and Safety.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The event venue is where attendees eat, drink, network, and engage with your content. For virtual events, the event platform is the venue. For virtual events, the event platform is the venue. If you’re hosting an online event, here’s what you need to know about virtual venues: What is a Virtual Event Platform?

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Endless Events

MARCH 4, 2020

And you’re visiting a potential venue, so there are a million other things on your mind. After this, your next venue visit will be that much easier. Venue Guidelines. We sometimes call this an AV packet, a third-party AV packet for a venue. Consider The Venue’s Restrictions. – Video Transcription.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 22, 2023

However, without a proper budgeting plan and contractual agreement with vendors and hotels that play a part in making your event a reality, there’s no event to be had. Top Legal Issues Meeting Profs Should Be Aware of in 2023 To offer some helpful insight in what legal areas to be on the lookout for, Smart Meetings sat down with Ty M.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 15, 2024

At the annual user conference Cvent Connect for a record 4,000 attendees in San Antonio this week, the event technology company which was purchased by Blackstone last year announced new products and acquisitions designed to better meet the needs of meeting professionals, whether planning simple events or complex hybrid affairs.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

For example, this past spring, Georgia International Convention Center (GICC) hosted Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated’s 69th South Atlantic Regional Conference, a gathering of 8,000 members from Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. . Labor shortages are significant factors on the planner and venue side. Meeting Trend No.

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Bizzaboo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Choosing the right venue is crucial for event success. Not only does the venue set the tone and influence overall event outcomes, it also directly impacts the attendee experience, which shapes each participant’s perceptions, engagement, and enjoyment. of attendees said conference venues can make or break their experience.

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ADMEI

DECEMBER 2, 2024

This precarious balancing and juggling act perfectly encapsulates the challenge Destination Management Companies (DMCs) face in today's Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) industry. The Personalization Revolution Gone are the days when corporate events meant cookie-cutter conferences in sterile hotel ballrooms.

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Endless Events

APRIL 26, 2019

Often venues will give you discounts and pressure you to use In-House AV but realize this is completely negotiable and you do not need to. Look into hiring outside the venue, a 3rd party AV company is at your event for you, and only you. Ideally, your AV company should be one of the first vendors you hire. Bring diagrams.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 14, 2022

The ninth nSight conference was held in Raleigh, North Carolina, an up-and-coming technology hub between three major universities. Marisa Roberge, nCino’s associate director of global conferences & events, had prior experience with TSEC in her previous job. A Mountain of Challenges. On the nCino side, sentiments were the same.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 24, 2023

Read More : When Mother Nature Is an Unwanted Attendee at Your Meeting or Event A sporting event being held in a high occupancy stadium will have more dynamic risks than a conference due to the size of the venue and activities taking place. For security, implement measures to protect attendees and the event venue.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 14, 2022

Many hospitality conferences and conventions were virtual or hybrid events , while others were forced to cancel altogether. As a result, many industry professionals are wondering what to expect from the top hospitality conferences of 2022. Check out what 14 of the most popular hospitality conferences of 2022 have in store: 1.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 9, 2019

And as I’m explaining this, you might be thinking yourself, “Well, this isn’t possible in my venue” Or “I have no way of doing it.” Obviously it’s very specific, if you wanted to do a whole of this, you’re going to need a very specific type of venue to pull this off. That’s it.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 7, 2018

In the same fashion, planners need to do their research when hiring vendors. Too often, planners end up footing the bill for mistakes and mismanagement on the part of vendors, all of which could have been avoided beforehand. You hired the vendor. And as a result, every planner needs to know exactly what they are signing on for.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

This is what Loews Atlanta Hotel demonstrated when Sustainable Forestry Initiative Conference (SFI) hosted their event just days after a water main break occurred in downtown Atlanta, and later impacted another water main pipe in midtown Atlanta, just days before the conference was scheduled.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

We’re predicting that in 2023, we’ll see more corporate events, conferences, and exhibitions than in the last three years. . Hold your event in the daylight hours or outside venues (and get an extra point for COVID compliance). Book venues with renewable energy sources like solar panels. Event Technology: A Worthy Investment.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Here is a list of questions you may want to ask yourself and your team before planning your next event: Do you have another nearby venue where you could host the event? Should you arrange transportation for attendees to get to another venue, or would you cancel it altogether? How do these impact your plan for severe weather response?

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Registration for an intimate gala will be lower than registration for a huge conference. Use a framework like Net Promoter Score to see how satisfied attendees were with your programming, venue, food, and overall event. . If you’re hosting a conference, you’ll want to know which sessions were a hit and which were a bust.

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ADMEI

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

You want a company that knows its city well and has built excellent relationships with venues and vendors in the area. How do you approach vendor relationships? One of the advantages of working with a DMC is gaining secondhand access to their vendor network. Can you tell me about your largest group or event?

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 10, 2018

First is, your venue. Obviously knowing what venue you’re gonna have it in, but also, specific rooms that you’re going to be doing things in. Far too often, when it comes to the venue, everyone says okay cool, yeah, we’re gonna be at the XYZ Hotel and that’s it. Just some basics on there. Totally get it.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

And one of the things that came out of these debriefs is the realization of the reach vendors could possibly have. We’ve always kept vendors out of the virtual space because we couldn’t figure out how that would monetize for them.” Isaac thinks that content is king.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2021

Dasher, in addition to Nathan Chin, senior product manager for Cvent ; and Phil Saims, vice president of sales for Federal Conference , led the latest Smart Meetings webinar, “Designing Your Event Program for Diversity & Inclusion,” where they tackled the not-always-straightforward topic of DEI. Three Ways to Close the Diversity Gap.

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ADMEI

JANUARY 17, 2024

From corporate conferences to large social gatherings, planning an event in a destination away from home is quite an undertaking. Resources Looking for the perfect vendor for an upcoming event? For example, if an organization is looking to host a 10,000-person conference in a city, a DO may be their first point of contact.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

One healthcare-conference organizer recently discovered the range of wellness activities that can take place on site—and her attendees are already clamoring for more. Yes, almost everybody has stress in their work. But not many have a life-and-death type of job pressure.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

What : New product enhancements to Intrado’s Event Cloud platform now supports everything from standalone webcasts to recurring field events to multi-day, hybrid conferences, and everything in between. Cvent: New Vendor Marketplace. Notified: Customized Cloud Services. Where to learn more: notified.com/event-solutions.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 26, 2018

With challenges like visiting sponsor booths, posting photos with a conference hashtag, answering questions about keynote speakers, and finding attendees who share the same interests, scavenger hunts can be an extremely effective tool in increasing attendee and exhibitor engagement. How does something like a conference scavenger hunt work?

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